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The Virgilio’s lion rug was similar to the one pictured. Both were mounted and preserved by the Jonas Brothers Zoological Art Studios of Yonkers, N.Y. — still one of the nation’s most experienced taxidermy specialists.
PHOTO PROVIDED BY JIM SHULMAN
Often when I write about childhood memories, the stories behind them reveal much more than I ever anticipate. One of these dates back to 1949 or 1950, and my first experience at preschool age seeing television.
Our next-door neighbors on Holmes Road, Sophie and Gabe Virgilio, who owned the Eastside Café, were the first in the neighborhood to have a television. The Virgilios would invite us over to see their small-screen black-and-white set that, back then, received only one channel (WRGB). ....

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